Post by Roger FordWasn't he the big tall one of the Osmonds who stood even higher thanAndy Williams?

----------I was wondering when I posted that whether you (or anyone outside theUS) would know who he was. As Dennis put it so well, he portrayed anunctuous little maggot on the sitcom "Leave It To Beaver."It was one of those instances where he was supposed to be on one episodebut the character got such a positive response that they made him aregular.It was also one of those instances where he found himself typecast andunable to sustain an acting career for more than a few years afterwards.ISTR a "Leave It To Beaver" reunion show at some point where Osmond'sson (mentioned in the obituary) played Eddie Haskell Jr. as a chip offthe old block.

He did get a mention in the papers here tho--they remembered himbeing in "Lassie" which I DO remember seeing but he only had a coupleof bit parts in that---after the dog,freckle faced Tommy Rettig wasthe star,right?

Post by Roger FordWasn't he the big tall one of the Osmonds who stood even higher thanAndy Williams?

----------I was wondering when I posted that whether you (or anyone outside theUS) would know who he was.

Its true what they saty,humour does travel well :)No,I didn't know him---don't think "Leave It To Beaver" showed here(cue for "Hooray!!!" ? :)He did get a mention in the papers here tho--they remembered himbeing in "Lassie" which I DO remember seeing but he only had a coupleof bit parts in that---after the dog,freckle faced Tommy Rettig wasthe star,right?

----------No, the show with Tommy Rettig and Jan Clayton was called "Jeff'sCollie." "Lassie" was a few years later and I don't remember who was in it.

Post by DianeE"He was 76. His son Eric said the cause was complications of chronicobstructive pulmonary disease and peripheral arterial disease."Not music-related but very much a part of 1950s pop culture. Hefamously quit acting and became a Los Angeles police officer.

As Diane says, Ken Osmond went on to be a police officer for 18 years,joining the LAPD in 1970. And, before that, Ken had joined the ArmyReserve near the end of his acting role in "Leave It To Beaver".

"Leave It To Beaver" ran for six seasons, in a total of 234episodes... from Oct 4, 1957 to 1963, starring:

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Ken Osmond, as "Eddie Haskill", is remembered as an unctuous, i.e. aninsincere flatterer, in "Leave It To Beaver". But in this role, he hasalso been recognized as a closet rebel, who behind peoples backs wasfull of subversive defiance.

Post by DianeE"He was 76. His son Eric said the cause was complications of chronicobstructive pulmonary disease and peripheral arterial disease."Not music-related but very much a part of 1950s pop culture. Hefamously quit acting and became a Los Angeles police officer.